Streaming Video Market

Indian short-form video market to reach up to $12 bn by 2030: Report

The report projected the marketing spend on influencers to be worth $2.8-3.5 billion in 2028, from the current level of $0.35-0.4 billion

Why streaming video players need to make some housekeeping changes

A new study by Accenture emphasises the need for aggregation in online entertainment

Shah Rukh Khan among most searched actors on Amazon Fire TV devices in 2022

T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan in 2022 recorded the highest viewership on a single day, said Amazon in its Fire TV streaming trends report

Samsung may introduce free streaming service TV Plus to 3rd-party devices

Samsung will reportedly bring its streaming application, TV Plus, to other manufacturers' TVs

TikTok users in US, UK can now tag movies, TV shows in short-form videos

Chinese short-form video-making app TikTok has partnered with IMDb to allow users to tag movies and TV shows in their videos in the US and the UK

TikTok expands features for creators to restrict videos to adult audience

TikTok announced that it has expanded its 'audience controls' feature to allow creators to restrict their short-form videos to adult viewers

Twitch outage: Streaming platform resolves issues impacting its services

Streaming platform Twitch on Wednesday announced that it has "fixed the issues" that impacted "multiple areas" of the platform

YouTube removed 1.7 mn videos in India in July-Sept, most in world

Around 5.6 million videos were removed globally for violating platform's community guidelines

Video subscribers up over 80% since last year; YouTube outperforms peers

The event is one of the biggest regional gatherings of firms, investors et al in the telecom, media and entertainment ecosystem

AT&T ups forecast for revenue, HBO Max as business recovers from pandemic

The results come as AT&T is unwinding its expensive media investments to focus on its original business of providing phone and internet services

The sachetisation of video watching: Tech companies snap up market

Papavassilopoulos reckons that from $900 million in 2020, advertisers are expected to spend $2 billion in 2025 on video-on-demand in India

Is Indian streaming video market headed for a shakeout after Covid-boost?

The action in the streaming video market has been breathless. This week we examine if the OTT space is headed for a shakeout

Manoj Bajpayee hopes OTT does not go the way theatre owners, producers went

Digital is unbiased and democratic platform where the audience does not discriminate between big and small banner, says the actor

Mitron app crosses 5mn downloads despite ambiguity around privacy, security

Growing criticism for TikTok over violent content on the platform paves way for the Mitron app to shot into spotlight as an Indian alternative to the Chinese app

India's online video streaming market: Where the 'big four' stand

YouTube, Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, and Netflix are clearly among the top players

In 2018, streaming video surge in India will go even more regional

How is the streaming video market evolving in 2018?